Jackson Claimed
U.S. Military Action in Iraq Constitutes Murder and Claimed U.S.
Troops There Are Committing a "Crime Against Humanity"

Project 21 National Advisory Council
member Michael King is scheduled to appear on the Fox News Channel's
"Hannity and Colmes" program on Tuesday, April 27 at
9:00 pm eastern to discuss Jesse Jackson's recent criticism of
the liberation of Iraq.

In comments
made before and during a speech at the 21st Century Black Massachusetts
Conference in Boston on April 3, the Boston Herald reports,
Jackson condemned U.S. efforts to remove Iraqi dictator Saddam
Hussein from power. He called the U.S. liberation of Iraq "a
crime against humanity" and said Iraqi deaths resulting
from the actions of U.S. forces are "murder." He encouraged
the United Nations to sanction the U.S. and consider the use
of military force: "I'm not sure the U.N. has the power
to act against us in a military way, but they have the right
to make a moral judgment." Jackson also called on Congress
to determine if President Bush's war policies are impeachable
offenses, but said Congress itself bears no responsibility for
the war, despite having voted to authorize it.

Jackson's statements were first brought
to national attention by the National
Legal and Policy Center, a conservative watchdog group that
is urging Coca-Cola to stop making six-figure contributions to
Jackson's organizations.

King said: "Jesse Jackson's motives
have never been as transparent as they were with these statements.
If anyone needs to apologize, it's him. He indulges his fantasies
and delusions of grandeur by calling for Bush's impeachment and
calling for United Nations action against us. But blacks are
beginning to see the truth - that Jackson's bluster is exactly
that: all smoke and no substance."